Barcellona Kick-off meeting 21th of October 2010

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PROJECT IKTIMEDPROJECT IKTIMED
Ancona Chamber of CommerceAncona Chamber of Commerce
SHORT PRESENTATIONSHORT PRESENTATION
Ms. Katia Pacenti
IKTIMED Kick-off meeting
Barcelona, 21-22/10/2010

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The Ancona Chamber of Commerce profile (1)The Ancona Chamber of Commerce profile (1)
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The Ancona Chamber of Commerce is a Public Body that performs
functions of general interest for private business system.
The Chamber carries out important functions in the administrative area
and offers enterprises a full range of services:
– to facilitate market intelligence and skilled trainingto facilitate market intelligence and skilled training
– to stimulate companies and businesses in innovative effortsto stimulate companies and businesses in innovative efforts
– to support business trade relations home and abroadto support business trade relations home and abroad
In 2005 the Ancona Chamber of Commerce founded the “Sportello CSR”,
an office dedicated to the realization of initiatives to make aware and
spread the Social Responsibility and local good practices.
The Ancona Chamber of Commerce drawn up and adopted in 2007 its
first Social Balance Sheet (referred to the period 2003-2006) and was
also the first Italian Chamber of Commerce to get the EMAS
certification last July 2008 and it has been renewed in 2010.

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The Ancona Chamber of Commerce profile (2)The Ancona Chamber of Commerce profile (2)
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In 2002 the Ancona Chamber has started a new activity referred to the EU,
National and Regional funding programmes, opening, in this way, new
perspectives of development to benefit the entrepreneurial system, both local and
foreign.
In order to accomplish to this new task, it has been instituted within the strategic
area “Economic Development”, the EU Project Management and International
Cooperation Unit. Among the realized projects or under realization, there are
current initiatives, some of them are financed by EC Funds.
In particular the Ancona Chamber worked within the INTERREG IIIA Adriatic
Cross border Operational Programme – NPPA; the Italian Regional law 84/2001
(about Balkans area); the Italian Regional Law 09/2002 (about cooperation in
Balkans area); the AL-INVEST III Programme; the SEE Programme, and now the
MED Programme.
Projects managed by Ancona Chamber dealt with themes like innovation
technology and IPR (Intellectually Property Rights), women entrepreneurship,
tourism, agriculture, fishing, ADR Instruments (Alternative Dispute Resolution).

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The Ancona Chamber of Commerce profile (3)The Ancona Chamber of Commerce profile (3)
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The Ancona Chamber also benefits from other offices like:
• the EEN: hosting one relay office of the Marche Region network;
• the Special Agency of the Ancona Chamber for
Internationalization of SMEs “MARCHET” http://www.marchet.it/it/ ;
• the first School and at national level for Inspectors on environmental
issues, “Scuola Emas”, that is able to assist organizations in the
implementation of the Environment Management Systems;
• the Secretariat of the Adriatic and Ionian Chambers of Commerce
Forum http://www.forumaic.org, a voluntary and transnational non-
profit association of Chambers of Commerce and Economy of the
Adriatic and Ionian Area dealing with Agriculture, Environment,
Transports, Tourism, Fisheries and Aquiculture, Female
Entrepreneurship, ADR Instruments (Alternative Dispute Resolution).

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Main problems and questions concerning InnovationMain problems and questions concerning Innovation
for the SMEs located in the Area (1)for the SMEs located in the Area (1)
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The province's economic structure comprises about 50.000 operating
companies with a ratio of one company to every ten inhabitants (the higher
percentage in Italy).
The strong points of the Ancona business world are: an innate inclination for
business and innovation, extensive know-how, skilled workers and business and
system flexibility.
Alongside a number of large companies that have achieved standards of
excellence, renowned and appreciated the world over, the system is rich in small
and medium-sized enterprises, real prime movers of both the provincial and
regional economies.
Numerous are the small workshops, which represent about 30% of the total
number of provincial enterprises and 70.65% of the manufacturing companies
technologically advanced and able to blend innovation with tradition.
Business Enterprises in the Province of Ancona

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Main problems and questions concerning InnovationMain problems and questions concerning Innovation
for the SMEs located in the Area (2)for the SMEs located in the Area (2)
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27 districts have been pinpointed in the Marche Region:
PRODUCTIVE SPECIALIZATION
Agri-food industry
Paper, paper and cardboard articles and packaging
Chemical, Rubber and Plastic
Mechanical engineering
Precious metals, Musical Instrument and Toys
Leather goods and Footwear
House goods
Textiles-clothing

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Main problems and questions concerning InnovationMain problems and questions concerning Innovation
for the SMEs located in the Area (3)for the SMEs located in the Area (3)
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Main problems and questions concerning InnovationMain problems and questions concerning Innovation
for the SMEs located in the Area (4)for the SMEs located in the Area (4)
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The most important sectors are:
Agri-food industry
The agri-food production relates mainly to D.O.C. wine-making: Verdicchio from
Jesi (the most famous and renowned Marche wine).
Altogether, the province counts 714 food and drink industries, employing around
3,000 people.
Paper, paper and cardboard articles and packaging
The paper production is mainly centred in the districts of Senigallia and Fabriano,
which employ respectively 25.77% and 10.22% of all provincial workers in this
sector work. In the province of Ancona, this industry counts about 68 companies
employing around 700 people.
Rubber and plastic
This sector is split into the production of household articles, lighting, whirlpool
baths and showers, bathroom accessories.
The companies involved are about 200 and they employ around 2,200 people.

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Main problems and questions concerning InnovationMain problems and questions concerning Innovation
for the SMEs located in the Area (5)for the SMEs located in the Area (5)
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The most important sectors are:
Mechanical engineering
The mechanical engineering sector comprises 1,055 companies employing
around 10,500 people.
18.83% of the province's manufacturing concerns belong to this group and seven
of the Marche's eleven mechanical engineering poles are located in the province
of Ancona.
Precious metals and gift items
This district has grown up around the Loreto, Castelfidardo and Recanati area
(alongside the province of Macerata). Originally dedicated to the production of
religious articles, the industry now also produces silverware and works other
precious metals.
There are about 140 companies operating in the district employing approximately
700 people.

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Main problems and questions concerning InnovationMain problems and questions concerning Innovation
for the SMEs located in the Area (6)for the SMEs located in the Area (6)
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The most important sectors are:
Musical instruments
112 companies, all in the industrial area south of Ancona, are mainly
concentrated in the municipality of Castelfidardo (where 72.32% of companies in
the music industry are located).
There are around 800 people employed in the industry which goes to show the
small size of the companies involved.
Textiles-clothing
In the fashion world, the province of Ancona, besides leading companies with top-
fashion labels, also counts about 780 companies, 54.62% of which manufacture
items of clothing and accessories; other articles include knitwear, hats and caps,
lingerie and underwear and furs.
The industry employs around 6,800 people. Footwear and accessories, though
not playing a lead role as they do in the provinces of Macerata and Ascoli Piceno,
nonetheless count 186 companies employing 2,100 people.

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Ancona Chamber of Commerce ProjectsAncona Chamber of Commerce Projects
concerning Innovation (1)concerning Innovation (1)
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ITAC – INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY FOR ADRIATIC COMPETITIVENESS
PROGRAMME INTERREG III A - Adriatic New Neighbourhood
Programme INTERREG/CARDS-PHARE
The Ancona Chamber of Commerce was the lead partner of this project that started
in 2007 and finished in June 2009.
Axis 2 Measure 2.1. “Improvement of competitiveness and cooperation”
Action 2.1.1 “Support for cross-border SMEs and their consortiums for innovation,
industrial and commercial collaboration services”
It actively involved Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania and was aimed to
planning, testing, the development and pre-industrialisation of new products,
processes or services, or substantial modifications to existing products, production
lines and production processes, involving significant improvements to companies’
competitiveness.
Adriatic New
Neighbourhood
Programme

12. ITAC Project (cod.151)ITAC Project (cod.151)
ObjectivesObjectives
It aims to reinforce the role of Chambers of Commerce in the Adriatic
Region to support innovation in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as
part of a “networked” initiative on a transnational scale, particularly aimed at
the mechanics, textiles, agrifood and marine industries/network.
It will encourage the meeting of businesses’ supply and demand for
innovation through the support of Pubblic Research Body (Universities,
National Research Councils, etc.) and private research Technological
Transfer Services Centre (some subject involved in the project: Parco
Scientifico Tecnologico Vega di Venezia, Area Science Park di Trieste,
Meccano spa di Ancona, Consorzio Aster della Regione Emilia Romagna,
DARE della Regione Puglia).
Ancona Chamber of Commerce ProjectsAncona Chamber of Commerce Projects
concerning Innovation (1)concerning Innovation (1)
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13. Italian Chambers of Commerce partnership: Ancona (lead partner), Trieste,
Unioncamere Veneto, Venezia, Ravenna, L’Aquila, Chieti, Teramo and
Foggia Chambers of Commerce.
Foreign chambers partnership: Union Chambers of Commerce and Industry
of Albania, Durres chamber of Commerce (Albania), Croatian Chamber of
Economy - County Chamber of Split (Croatia), Chamber of Economy of
Podgorica (Montenegro), Uzice Regional Chamber of Commerce (Serbia),
Municipal Society Ponisavlje of Pirot (Serbia).
Ancona Chamber of Commerce ProjectsAncona Chamber of Commerce Projects
concerning Innovation (1)concerning Innovation (1)
Partnerships
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14. Some activities carried out:
• WP 2.1 Mapping of industrial and economic characteristics of the regions involved
• WP 2.3 Selection and training of auditors and Chambers staff involved in the project
• WP 2.4 Selection of businesses for technological audit. Especially in Ancona was realized audit
activities on SMEs, concerning the following themes: mechanics and metal work process,
plastic injection moulding,
elettronic Component.
• WP 2.5 Final Workshop for condivision of technical results of the check-up and visit at Parco
Scientifico Vega of Venice
• WP 6.3 A planning group was set up, and will be responsible for sourcing invitations to tender,
new call for proposal, other sources of financing or credit facilities for innovation, to enable
continuation of the work begun with this project and strengthen its impact on the areas involved;
• WP 5.2 Technical meetings to share pilot scheme for business cluster around common
investment innovative project
• WP 6.1 Meeting on 7th framework programme
Ancona Chamber of Commerce ProjectsAncona Chamber of Commerce Projects
concerning Innovation (1)concerning Innovation (1)
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Ancona Chamber of Commerce ProjectsAncona Chamber of Commerce Projects
concerning Innovation (2)concerning Innovation (2)
V.A.S.T.O. – VIRTUAL APPROACH TO THE SYSTEM OF TECHNOLOGY
OFFER
PROGRAMME PRAI ISSOCORE 2005/2006
In collaboration with the Marche Region and the Faculty of Engineering of the
Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, in the course of 2008 the Chamber
of Commerce of Ancona has participated in the implementation of the project
named V.A.S.T.O. - VIRTUAL APPROACH TO THE SYSTEM OF
TECHNOLOGY OFFER (PROGRAMME PRAI ISSOCORE 2005/2006), focussed
on the creation and following implementation of the web site http://www.
marcheinnovazione.it/ , with the aim of favouring the collection and dissemination
of information and details on the topic of innovation at a regional level.
The web site consist of five different sections all focused on innovation. One of
these is dedicated to the field of “Patent”, and it is managed and coordinated by
the Ancona Chamber of Commerce - Patent and Trademark Office, Pat-Lib
Regional Centre,” to which it was also assigned the technical secretary for the
management of the web site.

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Ancona Chamber of Commerce ProjectsAncona Chamber of Commerce Projects
concerning Innovation (3)concerning Innovation (3)
IPRforSEE – Intellectual Property Rights for SEEIPRforSEE – Intellectual Property Rights for SEE
South East Europe
LP: Venice Chamber of Commerce
Main objectives:
- to analyse the IPR support services existing available for SMEs at international level;
- to identify the needs emerging from the SMEs and the gap between the service offer
and demand regarding the use of trademarks, patents and designs;
- to identify a range of innovative services on the basis of the needs of the SMEs;
- to carry out pilot actions focused on innovative services
Partnership:
Ancona Chamber of Commerce (IT); Kilkis Chamber of Commerce (GR); CHIC –
Hungarian Central Innovation Centre (HU); Veszprém Chamber of Commerce (HU);
AWS – Austria Wissenschaftsservice GesmbH (A); University of Ovidius (RO);
AS.FOR.M (RO); Costanta Chamber of Commerce (RO); Uzice Chamber of Commerce
(YU).

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Ancona Chamber of Commerce PAT LIB office (1)Ancona Chamber of Commerce PAT LIB office (1)
Ancona Chamber of Commerce within its structure has a
Patent and Trademark Office – Patent InformationPatent and Trademark Office – Patent Information
Regional Centre Pat-Lib (Patent Library).Regional Centre Pat-Lib (Patent Library).
Set up in 20012001, is accredited by the Italian Patent and
Trademark Office, as well as by the European Patent
Office.

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It is a patent library, the only at a regional level, which supportsIt is a patent library, the only at a regional level, which supports
enterprises in the following activities:enterprises in the following activities:
• timely check of the state of the art in specific technologicaltimely check of the state of the art in specific technological
sectors through state of the art and infringement clearancesectors through state of the art and infringement clearance
searches;searches;
• monitoring of the use of intellectual property protection toolsmonitoring of the use of intellectual property protection tools
in the territory;in the territory;
• in-depth analysis of the norms on major national andin-depth analysis of the norms on major national and
European issues related to trademarks and patents;European issues related to trademarks and patents;
• organization of promotional activities for the diffusion of aorganization of promotional activities for the diffusion of a
patent culture among users and enterprises.patent culture among users and enterprises.
Ancona Chamber of Commerce PAT LIB office (2)Ancona Chamber of Commerce PAT LIB office (2)

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EUROPEAN PATENTS IN MARCHE REGIONEUROPEAN PATENTS IN MARCHE REGION
Marche Region vs Italy 2001-2008
MARCHE REGION 753
ITALY 30.015
Foreign persons that deposited their
patent in partnership with Italian 418
TOTAL PATENTS 30.433

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NUMBER OF PATENTS IN MARCHE REGION:NUMBER OF PATENTS IN MARCHE REGION:
Statistical comparisonStatistical comparison
Patents in Marche
Region 2008 2009 %
Industrial inventions 343 392
+
14,28%
Utility Models 102 141
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84,00%
Ornamental Designs and
Models 76 97
+
27,63%
Total Patents 521 630
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20,92%
TOTAL INCREASE OF PATENT DEPOSIT IN MARCHE REGION: + 20,92%TOTAL INCREASE OF PATENT DEPOSIT IN MARCHE REGION: + 20,92%

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NUMBER OF PATENTS IN ANCONA PROVINCE:NUMBER OF PATENTS IN ANCONA PROVINCE:
Statistical comparisonStatistical comparison
Patents in Ancona
Province 2008 2009 %
Industrial inventions 60 101
+
68,33%
Utility Models 25 46
+
84,00%
Ornamental Designs and
Models 9 17
+
88,89%
Total Patents 94 164
+
74,47%
TOTAL INCREASE OF PATENT DEPOSIT IN ANCONA PROVINCE: + 74,47%TOTAL INCREASE OF PATENT DEPOSIT IN ANCONA PROVINCE: + 74,47%

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Thank you for your kind attention!Thank you for your kind attention!
Ms. Katia PacentiMs. Katia Pacenti
Ancona Chamber of CommerceAncona Chamber of Commerce
katia.pacenti@an.camcom.itkatia.pacenti@an.camcom.it